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The ticket, left by Officer K. Keary, was for leaving the keys in the ignition with the motor running and no one around.

Trupiano said he was only doing something many people in Michigan do during the winter.

Yet the DJ and sales consultant at Best Buy, according to his Facebook page, was slapped with a $128 fine.

Leaving the car (pictured) on his driveway, with the keys in the ignition and the engine running, Trupiano said he went back inside for a few minutes last Thursday

Roseville Police Chief James Berlin said the police will not apologize and is furious about Trupiano's Facebook post

'I was in and out in probably about 7-8 minutes,' he added. 'So in that amount of time he ran up here, gave me a ticket and by the time I got out he was nowhere to be seen.'

Trupiano, who says that the cop should have knocked on his door rather than just issuing him with a ticket, posted the ticket on Facebook with the caption: 'Let's all take a moment to thank officer dips**t K. Keary for wasting the taxpayer's money and giving me a ticket for warming up my car in my own damn driveway.'

The post has since been shared thousands of times.

While there is no state law banning drivers from leaving their cars unattended, there are dozens of local town ordinances.

Many ordinances allow motorists to use a remote start because the vehicle is locked but prohibit leaving keys in the ignition.

Trupiano posted the ticket on Facebook with the caption: 'Let's all take a moment to thank officer dips**t K. Keary for wasting the taxpayer's money and giving me a ticket for warming up my car in my own damn driveway'

Trupiano said he was only doing something many people in Michigan do during the winter

Trupiano, pictured with girlfriend Deserae Diciesare, says that the cop should have knocked on his door rather than just issuing him with a ticket

'It's common sense. We can't warn everybody of the law there is. Common sense says you don't leave your car running unattended,' Berlin said.

Berlin said police will not apologize and is furious about Trupiano's Facebook post.

'You see the disparaging comments he made about my officer?' Berlin told ClickonDetroit. 'Drop dead.'